Hanja Analyzer
喪

喪 — sang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
잃을 상
Romanization
sang
English
mourning; mourn; funeral
Mandarin
sàng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
も
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#885 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
口 (30, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+55AA

How 喪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 喪 as a ideographic compound involving 桑, 㗊.

Korean example words with 喪

  • 상멸喪滅 Korean gloss: 없어지는 일
  • 내상內喪 Korean gloss: 아낙네의 초상
  • 상고喪故 Korean gloss: 사람이 죽은 사고
  • 상기喪期 Korean gloss: 상복을 입는 기간
  • 상사喪事 Korean gloss: 사람이 죽은 사고
  • 대상大喪 Korean gloss: 임금의 상사(喪事)
  • 상부喪夫 Korean gloss: 남편의 죽음을 당함
  • 상포喪布 Korean gloss: 초상 때 쓰는 포목
  • 운상運喪 Korean gloss: 상여를 메고 운반함
  • 처상妻喪 Korean gloss: 아내의 상사(喪事)
  • 모상母喪 Korean gloss: 어머니의 상사(喪事)
  • 부상父喪 Korean gloss: 아버지의 상사(喪事)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 喪

  • 喪主もしゅ chief mourner
  • 喪失そうしつ loss; forfeit
  • 喪も mourning; calamity; misfortune
  • 服喪ふくも going into mourning
  • 大喪たいそう funeral service of a Japanese emperor; Imperial mourning
  • 喪服もふく mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
  • 心神喪失しんしんそうしつ insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis
  • 喪章もしょう mourning band; mourning ribbon
  • 喪家そうか homeless; family in mourning
  • 喪祭そうさい funerals and festivals
  • 喪神そうしん absent-mindedness; stupor; stupefaction
  • 喪中もちゅう in mourning

Other hanja read “상”

Other hanja with radical 口

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